"desperate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desperate adjetivo

desperate + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 155

desperate need • desperate attempt • Desperate Housewife • desperate effort • desperate situation • desperate measure • ...

verbo + desperate

Kolokacji: 6

grow desperate • feel desperate • sound desperate • become desperate • look desperate • ...

adverbio + desperate

Kolokacji: 11

increasingly desperate • most desperate • pretty desperate • truly desperate • equally desperate • ...

Kolokacji: 2

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

Kolokacji: 6

(2) most, truly

Kolokacji: 2

(3) pretty, somewhat, slightly

Kolokacji: 3

1. pretty desperate = całkiem zrozpaczony pretty desperate

2. somewhat desperate = nieco zrozpaczony somewhat desperate

She was herself somewhat desperate, or she would not have sailed so close to the wind.
And in the somewhat desperate hope that something anything, would occur to him to help him defend himself against his accuser.
By now, if things had gone on as it seemed they would, the situation might be growing somewhat desperate.
They may be resorting to somewhat desperate measures by now.
Later on, when it mattered and things got somewhat desperate, I can't honestly remember much in the way of chivalry.
"It's a somewhat desperate move," a senior executive who attended the meeting said.
He could not conceal from himself that the undertaking seemed somewhat desperate.
Roic cast a somewhat desperate eye around the intimidating array of stations.
But now Devin considered the situation to be somewhat desperate, calling for a less casual approach.
It sounded somewhat desperate, but that fit his mood.

3. slightly desperate = trochę zrozpaczony slightly desperate

desperate + preposición

Kolokacji: 6

desperate for • desperate in • desperate to • desperate with • desperate at • ...

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